Goran Granić
Politician
1950 –
Who is Goran Granić?
Goran Granić is a Croatian centre-left politician who was the deputy prime minister from 2000 to 2002.
From 1995-1996, Granić was selected as mayor of Zagreb by his party that won the local elections. However, the president, Franjo Tuđman did not allow him to proceed with his duties as mayor, leading to the Zagreb Crisis: Zagreb's local government would go on to place four other mayors from the party, each of which was blocked by Tuđman.
As a member of the HSLS party, which was allied with SDP during the 2000 parliament elections, Granić entered the newly formed government as Ivica Račan's deputy prime minister.
He was much praised by his superior, Račan, during his term in office. However, HSLS's leader, Dražen Budiša suddenly wanted the position of prime minister and forced Račan - since his party's parliament votes were vital to the government - to dismiss Granić and place him instead. Despite his new position, Budiša wasn't satisfied and suddenly led his party out of the government. As a result, HSLS split into two factions.
The dissident pro-government faction - including Granić and Jozo Radoš as more prominent members - created a new party - Liberals of Croatia - Libra.
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